Your conspiracy theory fails the basic requirements because analysis of his voting record supports your theory. In a true conspiracy there isn't any evidence in support, it's all coincidence and crazy theories.
If you don't like the ballot options then run yourself. If you can convince people that those in office are corrupt then why can't you convince them to vote for you? I think america is begging for a third option, one not bought and paid for, and YOU are the person who needs to step up to bat and do it. Remember, at current voting rates you only need 10%. Less than thirty million voters and you're the president.
Problems: I go to Europe on business and buy a T-shirt. I go home, but at the airport they stop me for trying to import a copyrighted work without permission. I buy a T-shirt at home and try to go to Europe on business, get stopped at airport because someone else has the exclusive on sales in Europe. In this world it will be impossible to travel without breaking the law. The problem they are trying to stop is mail order shops in china selling dvd's to north america at $1 each or buying Gucci bags in a poor country dirt cheap and re-selling them in america for half price, but this is massive overkill for that end. The only fair course of action is to limit copyright to COMMERCIAL activity. Importing stuff for personal use fine but you can't sell it.
The lack of accuracy is a timing issue: You navigate by timing the radio signals from each tower to calculate distance, but to measure the time delay you need to know when the pulse was sent from the tower- only you don't because the computer directing the transmitter has other tasks that affect pulse timing. For this to be used as an accurate navigation system you've got to add a precision timer circuit, with some sort of central control to coordinate them. Also note that some regions don't have cellphone coverage (losing nav feed at night in a storm, could be a problem).
Are you suggesting that would be a bad thing? There are quite a number of silly laws you could do without, like the massive export subsidies on agriculture or the massive bailout of the banking sector. It's so very much harder to extend copyright forever if you need a majority vote of the whole country, it'd be almost impossible to bribe that many people. It would also force americans to actually -care- about the country, and keep up to date on things.
By socialism I assume you mean things like (affordable) national medicare (for everyone), or was there something else that threatens your business you'd like to ban? I think the biggest issue is that most americans don't know what socialism is.
There are two reasons for the organ shortage: 1- most people take theirs to the grave. 2- sick people outnumber the dead, so the supply(from recently dead) will always be smaller than the number with (possibly long term) illness. I would suggest negative option billing. Instead of signing up to donate your organs (then having your next of kin second guess you), we assume that everyone wants to donate their body parts unless they register, and harvest all available parts at death unless they have done so (and don't ask the next of kin). I'd also suggest that anyone who registers against donation would be put at the back of the line for recipient organs (or taken off the list).
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You take an inkjet printer, load the tank with (organ specialized) human cells and print the organ layer by layer with a filler material to hold it all together. The best source of human cells would be stem cells(made from that person to prevent immune system hazards), though taking cells from an existing kidney might work in some cases. It would work best done outside the body at least till the glue dries. Should work for most of the organs in the human body, including muscle and tendons. stem cell research is almost at the point this can be done, eliminating the need for donor organs. In theory this would work for bones as well, allowing you to print an arm or leg. In about 25 years we'll have the stem cell/printer tech to print a whole person with this tech (or build an android that looks/feels the same), though i'm sure that will be banned by the religious extremists. If AI ever works techno-nerds living in their parents basements will finally .
The government of Saudi Arabia is also a poster child for human rights abuses, but I don't see anyone planning military intervention there. Pakistan is just as bad, as are half the countries that the USA sends military aid to. If you want to stop human rights abuses the first step is to stop giving aid to them. No military aid to terrorists, no money to dictators, no trade with bad countries. It would also help if you -tried- to follow the law occasionally, like not abducting people and locking them up in gitmo for years without trial. Ghaddafi is a bad person, but those who supported him are worse.
You can have multiple satellite ground stations, and switch to the ones that still work. Most of the ground stations are in stable first world countries. Worst case you can just have many mobile users talking (or data) by satellite with no control station. So long as the satellite still works you can pretty much always have communications with someone.
Fusion -generators- don't exist. It's easy to talk about fusion reactors as the solution to all our problems but it's vapourware. Solving todays problems requires existing tech, not future tech. If the canadian gov had any sense they would build fision reactors by the dozen and sell the power cheap enough to the US to close down all your generator capacity. Once a monopoly is obtained we could milk them for all they're worth, opec style, forever.
The USA doesn't have anywhere near enough oil for domestic use, though canadian tar sands will fill the gap if you'd stop buying from Saudi Arabia. The bigger issue with renewable energy is how to run your car on it. America is built around cars and nobody is going to change that in less than 50 years. The reason things are going so slowly with renewable energy is because it costs more. Once that changes it'll pick right up. Or your government could show some leadership and make it happen, but historically american politicians don't know what leadership is.
All power sources produce waste, it's just a matter of how much we care. Hydroelectric destroys rivers and streams, solar produces thermal pollution, wind kills birds and alters the winds that generate our weather, geothermal cools the earth and might cause earthquakes. Based on environmental destruction coal is the worst power source known to humanity, with oil a distant second. I'd rather live next to a thorium reactor than a coal plant.
If -we- can't live in a free and open democracy then why should they get too? Voter apathy doesn't just apply to elections but to the entire democratic process. In a world where the government can lie, cheat, fix elections and spy on people in direct violation of that countries most basic laws (and nobody cares) why would they care about a bunch of foreigners choosing to live in a free democracy.
How to make this work:
1- copyright only applies to commercial activities. Non commercial upload/download fully legal for all copyrighted materials (to be membership fees and fair adds on your website would make it commercial).
2- instead of paying based on radio air time (playlists owned by the big boys, indie music scene need not apply) you could mandate that all download sites keep track of downloads and submit numbers to the gov for money distribution.
Running a cable to Egypt and programming the routers to use it would suffice. Wifi doesn't have the range or bandwidth for the job. This assumes the power grid works- even if Ghaddafi isn't targeting the power it might go out due to fires or lack of gas.
Tools are made for a purpose. If you don't know what something does then watch what people do with it. In Egypt they used the internet kill switch to stifle dissent/protests, in Libya they use the internet kill switch to block reporting of government crimes.
If you see a lot of spam from a single IP address you block it. If you see rogue cellphone apps texting a number you block it, right? If you can show that a number is used for criminal activity you should be able to reverse the charges and have the number disconnected. It's too bad the phone companies have no interest in that outcome, as it limits their profits. If you could show that the phone company knows that number is criminal then they should be liable for the money.
The Iraq/Iran war showed the 2 countries to be equal in military ability. So reasonably an attack by the US on Iran would end the same way. A bigger question is how China would react. The americans have shown that they won't attack anyone who has the ability to shoot back (at american civilians, at home) and china has that ability.
American light water reactors are designed/optimized to produce Pu239 for weapon production (they use graphite). There is no plutonium in those fuel rods, the reactor wasn't finished/never ran. Radioactive has no effect on ability to separate isotopes, it's all about atomic mass. the closer together the numbers the harder it is to separate them. U235 from U238 is hard, Pu239 from Pu240 is extremely hard (not impossible, but there are cheaper sources of Pu239).
If the reactor never ran then the fuel rods only contain uranium 235. Plutonium is made while the reactor is running, and this one was never finished. This means the fuel rods removed are of no military value, but could be used to fuel new reactors.
If Microsoft is helping you with your idea, then fine. If they provide code/developer kits/contacts in buisness etc then fine. But if I do every single thing including the money then it's mine. What this offer actually means is if you work for microsoft then be sure you only write android apps.
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Your conspiracy theory fails the basic requirements because analysis of his voting record supports your theory. In a true conspiracy there isn't any evidence in support, it's all coincidence and crazy theories.
Linking -might- be illegal, but it's not copyright infringement. To violate copyright you must copy.
If you don't like the ballot options then run yourself. If you can convince people that those in office are corrupt then why can't you convince them to vote for you? I think america is begging for a third option, one not bought and paid for, and YOU are the person who needs to step up to bat and do it. Remember, at current voting rates you only need 10%. Less than thirty million voters and you're the president.
Problems: I go to Europe on business and buy a T-shirt. I go home, but at the airport they stop me for trying to import a copyrighted work without permission. I buy a T-shirt at home and try to go to Europe on business, get stopped at airport because someone else has the exclusive on sales in Europe. In this world it will be impossible to travel without breaking the law. The problem they are trying to stop is mail order shops in china selling dvd's to north america at $1 each or buying Gucci bags in a poor country dirt cheap and re-selling them in america for half price, but this is massive overkill for that end. The only fair course of action is to limit copyright to COMMERCIAL activity. Importing stuff for personal use fine but you can't sell it.
The lack of accuracy is a timing issue: You navigate by timing the radio signals from each tower to calculate distance, but to measure the time delay you need to know when the pulse was sent from the tower- only you don't because the computer directing the transmitter has other tasks that affect pulse timing. For this to be used as an accurate navigation system you've got to add a precision timer circuit, with some sort of central control to coordinate them. Also note that some regions don't have cellphone coverage (losing nav feed at night in a storm, could be a problem).
Are you suggesting that would be a bad thing? There are quite a number of silly laws you could do without, like the massive export subsidies on agriculture or the massive bailout of the banking sector. It's so very much harder to extend copyright forever if you need a majority vote of the whole country, it'd be almost impossible to bribe that many people. It would also force americans to actually -care- about the country, and keep up to date on things.
By socialism I assume you mean things like (affordable) national medicare (for everyone), or was there something else that threatens your business you'd like to ban? I think the biggest issue is that most americans don't know what socialism is.
There are two reasons for the organ shortage: 1- most people take theirs to the grave. 2- sick people outnumber the dead, so the supply(from recently dead) will always be smaller than the number with (possibly long term) illness. I would suggest negative option billing. Instead of signing up to donate your organs (then having your next of kin second guess you), we assume that everyone wants to donate their body parts unless they register, and harvest all available parts at death unless they have done so (and don't ask the next of kin). I'd also suggest that anyone who registers against donation would be put at the back of the line for recipient organs (or taken off the list).
You take an inkjet printer, load the tank with (organ specialized) human cells and print the organ layer by layer with a filler material to hold it all together. The best source of human cells would be stem cells(made from that person to prevent immune system hazards), though taking cells from an existing kidney might work in some cases. It would work best done outside the body at least till the glue dries. Should work for most of the organs in the human body, including muscle and tendons. stem cell research is almost at the point this can be done, eliminating the need for donor organs. In theory this would work for bones as well, allowing you to print an arm or leg. In about 25 years we'll have the stem cell/printer tech to print a whole person with this tech (or build an android that looks/feels the same), though i'm sure that will be banned by the religious extremists. If AI ever works techno-nerds living in their parents basements will finally .
The government of Saudi Arabia is also a poster child for human rights abuses, but I don't see anyone planning military intervention there. Pakistan is just as bad, as are half the countries that the USA sends military aid to. If you want to stop human rights abuses the first step is to stop giving aid to them. No military aid to terrorists, no money to dictators, no trade with bad countries. It would also help if you -tried- to follow the law occasionally, like not abducting people and locking them up in gitmo for years without trial. Ghaddafi is a bad person, but those who supported him are worse.
I suspect the Libyan navy and air force might block that, where running overland through rebel held territory doesn't involve that risk.
You can have multiple satellite ground stations, and switch to the ones that still work. Most of the ground stations are in stable first world countries. Worst case you can just have many mobile users talking (or data) by satellite with no control station. So long as the satellite still works you can pretty much always have communications with someone.
Fusion -generators- don't exist. It's easy to talk about fusion reactors as the solution to all our problems but it's vapourware. Solving todays problems requires existing tech, not future tech. If the canadian gov had any sense they would build fision reactors by the dozen and sell the power cheap enough to the US to close down all your generator capacity. Once a monopoly is obtained we could milk them for all they're worth, opec style, forever.
The USA doesn't have anywhere near enough oil for domestic use, though canadian tar sands will fill the gap if you'd stop buying from Saudi Arabia. The bigger issue with renewable energy is how to run your car on it. America is built around cars and nobody is going to change that in less than 50 years. The reason things are going so slowly with renewable energy is because it costs more. Once that changes it'll pick right up. Or your government could show some leadership and make it happen, but historically american politicians don't know what leadership is.
All power sources produce waste, it's just a matter of how much we care. Hydroelectric destroys rivers and streams, solar produces thermal pollution, wind kills birds and alters the winds that generate our weather, geothermal cools the earth and might cause earthquakes. Based on environmental destruction coal is the worst power source known to humanity, with oil a distant second. I'd rather live next to a thorium reactor than a coal plant.
If -we- can't live in a free and open democracy then why should they get too? Voter apathy doesn't just apply to elections but to the entire democratic process. In a world where the government can lie, cheat, fix elections and spy on people in direct violation of that countries most basic laws (and nobody cares) why would they care about a bunch of foreigners choosing to live in a free democracy.
How to make this work: 1- copyright only applies to commercial activities. Non commercial upload/download fully legal for all copyrighted materials (to be membership fees and fair adds on your website would make it commercial). 2- instead of paying based on radio air time (playlists owned by the big boys, indie music scene need not apply) you could mandate that all download sites keep track of downloads and submit numbers to the gov for money distribution.
Running a cable to Egypt and programming the routers to use it would suffice. Wifi doesn't have the range or bandwidth for the job. This assumes the power grid works- even if Ghaddafi isn't targeting the power it might go out due to fires or lack of gas.
Tools are made for a purpose. If you don't know what something does then watch what people do with it. In Egypt they used the internet kill switch to stifle dissent/protests, in Libya they use the internet kill switch to block reporting of government crimes.
If you see a lot of spam from a single IP address you block it. If you see rogue cellphone apps texting a number you block it, right? If you can show that a number is used for criminal activity you should be able to reverse the charges and have the number disconnected. It's too bad the phone companies have no interest in that outcome, as it limits their profits. If you could show that the phone company knows that number is criminal then they should be liable for the money.
The Iraq/Iran war showed the 2 countries to be equal in military ability. So reasonably an attack by the US on Iran would end the same way. A bigger question is how China would react. The americans have shown that they won't attack anyone who has the ability to shoot back (at american civilians, at home) and china has that ability.
American light water reactors are designed/optimized to produce Pu239 for weapon production (they use graphite). There is no plutonium in those fuel rods, the reactor wasn't finished/never ran. Radioactive has no effect on ability to separate isotopes, it's all about atomic mass. the closer together the numbers the harder it is to separate them. U235 from U238 is hard, Pu239 from Pu240 is extremely hard (not impossible, but there are cheaper sources of Pu239).
Based on what the US president has gotten away with, I'd say the iranian supreme leader has less political power.
If the reactor never ran then the fuel rods only contain uranium 235. Plutonium is made while the reactor is running, and this one was never finished. This means the fuel rods removed are of no military value, but could be used to fuel new reactors.
If Microsoft is helping you with your idea, then fine. If they provide code/developer kits/contacts in buisness etc then fine. But if I do every single thing including the money then it's mine. What this offer actually means is if you work for microsoft then be sure you only write android apps.